TURKISH GP

Istanbul: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided not to approve the Formula 1 deal in Istanbul in 2013, local Hurriyet daily news reported Wednesday.
The F1 race in Istanbul known as the Turkish Grand Prix is not going to happen due to a lack of agreement on the annual cost,...

Istanbul: McLaren's Jenson Button set the pace in Turkish Grand Prix practice on Friday while Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel crashed in the morning and missed the entire second session.
Vettel, the championship leader after winning two of the first three races, gave his Red Bull mechanics plenty of extra...

Istanbul: Lewis Hamilton led a McLaren 12 at the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday after a dramatic runin between teammates Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel denied Red Bull a sweep.
The Red Bull pair touched as Vettel looked to pass along the Istanbul Park Circuit's fastest section, causing the German...

Istanbul: Red Bull maintained its perfect qualifying record on Saturday as Mark Webber edged Lewis Hamilton of McLaren to start the Turkish Grand Prix from pole position.
It was Webber's third straight pole as the overall Formula One leader goes for a third consecutive race victory. Red Bull has...

Istanbul: McLaren's world champions dominated Turkish Grand Prix free practice on Friday with Lewis Hamilton quickest in the morning and Jenson Button lapping even faster after lunch.
Button, the reigning champion and last year's winner with Brawn at the undulating anticlockwise Istanbul Park circuit, set the pace in the afternoon with...

Istanbul: Force India driver Adrian Sutil had a hectic outing as he posted the 10th fastest time in the morning practice session, went offtrack to hit the barrier and returned to clock the 11th best time ahead of Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix here on Friday.
His teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi was 12th...

New Delhi: Karun Chandhok grew in confidence with his eventful 14th place finish in the Monaco Grand Prix and the Hispania driver now wants to carry forward the confidence to Sunday's race in Istanbul.
Karun had a rather rollercoaster ride in Monaco where Jarno Trulli of Lotus took the Indian out...

Istanbul: Ferrari's Felipe Massa set his sights on a Turkish Grand Prix hattrick after taking pole position for the third year in a row on Saturday.
The Brazilian, winner in 2006 and 2007 at the anticlockwise Istanbul Park circuit, will have Heikki Kovalainen's McLaren alongside him on the front row on...

New Delhi: Following a threeweek break, the Formula One Championship resumes again this Sunday with the Turkish Grand Prix. The tricky Turkish track could be the toughest test yet for the two giants of F1Ferrari and Renault.
If Ferrari wish to halt McLaren's current dominance of the Formula One season,...

Istanbul: Michael Schumacher's selfbelief remained intact on Sunday despite the Ferrari driver falling 12 points behind Fernando Alonso in the Formula One title battle with four races remaining.
"Today I have lost two points in the drivers' championship, but I still believe I can win the title," said the seven...

Istanbul: Ferrari's Felipe Massa had tears in his eyes and a lump in his throat on Sunday after he joined the ranks of Formula One winners.
Even if he still needs 88 more victories before he can match seven times world champion Michael Schumacher, his team mate, the 25yearold Brazilian...

Istanbul: Renault praised Giancarlo Fisichella on Sunday after the Italian sacrificed his Turkish Grand Prix hopes to keep titlechasing team mate Fernando Alonso in the race.
"Fisi was really good because it got a bit messy and he was worried that he was going to hit Fernando," said engineering director...

Istanbul: Brazilian Felipe Massa roared to his first Formula One victory in Turkey on Sunday as Ferrari team mate Michael Schumacher failed to find a way past championship leader Fernando Alonso.
While the young Brazilian raced to the chequered flag from pole position, Renault's world champion Alonso and Schumacher were...

Istanbul: Brazilian Felipe Massa took the first pole position of his Formula One career on Saturday as Ferrari swept title rivals Renault off the front row at the Turkish Grand Prix.
Massa pipped team mate and seven times world champion Michael Schumacher by 0.377 seconds in qualifying at the Istanbul...

Istanbul: Poland's Robert Kubica can be a Formula One star of the future, according to world champion Fernando Alonso.
"Big names are going out and new young people will come in and become big names," the Renault driver said at the Turkish Grand Prix on Thursday when asked about the...

Istanbul: While Jenson Button lines up as a race winner for the first time in Turkey this weekend, the main spotlight is back on Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher.
The Formula One title battle has reached a decisive phase, with five races remaining and the only two men on the...